Sleep History and Physical Examination

Patients afflicted with sleep disorders may have a wide variety of complaints, the majority of which are, generally, nonspecific. It is therefore critically important that providers caring for these patients should be well-versed in the appropriate work-up of snoring, daytime sleepiness, insomnia an...

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Published inContemporary Sleep Medicine for Physicians Vol. 1; no. 1; pp. 40 - 48
Main Author A. Schulman, David
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.10.2011
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Summary:Patients afflicted with sleep disorders may have a wide variety of complaints, the majority of which are, generally, nonspecific. It is therefore critically important that providers caring for these patients should be well-versed in the appropriate work-up of snoring, daytime sleepiness, insomnia and nocturnal behaviors. This chapter will briefly review these common complaints and the appropriate evaluation of each.
DOI:10.2174/978160805153311101010040